http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obamania/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:30:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409307/posts The Santa Llucia Christmas market in Barcelona sells everything you could need for your nativity scene. Little statues of Joseph and Mary? Check. A little baby Jesus? Check. Donkeys, sheep and cows? Check. Defecating world leaders? What? The 'caganer' (literally 'defecator') is a feature of Catalan nativity scenes. The figure is usually tucked away in a corner of the model, far away from the manger itself, for children to find. The caganer represents fertility and equality. The figure was traditionally a representation of a Catalan peasant wearing a red stocking hat, but modern caganers are often caricatures of famous people,... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409307/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:30:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402355/posts Here is what President Obama said about Springsteen: Finally, we honor the quiet kid from Jersey ... who grew up to become the rock 'n' roll laureate of a generation. For in the life of our country only a handful of people have tapped the full power of music to tell the real American story -- with honesty; from the heart; and one of those people is Bruce Springsteen... It's no wonder that his tours are not so much concerts, but communions. There's a place for everybody -- the sense that no matter who you are or what you do,... NJ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402355/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402330/posts Pencils and notebooks resembling President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign ads have been sold in at least one Columbia school and other public schools, causing the company that distributes the materials to travel around the state yanking the supplies out of machines. “Don’t be mad at us,” said Greg Jones, a sales representative with Pencil Wholesale. “It was a total accident.” Pencil Wholesale distributes supplies to six Columbia schools: Parkade Elementary, Cedar Ridge Elementary, Paxton Keeley Elementary, Mill Creek Elementary, Smithton Middle School and Hickman High School, said Linda Quinley, the district’s chief financial officer. At Mill Creek, at least one... Page A1 of the Thursday, December 3, 2009 edition of The Columbia Daily Tribune. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402330/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:34:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388010/posts Chinese artist Liu Bolin warms his hands as his sculpture "Burning Man Obama" is tested at a workshop in Beijing A man wears basketball sneakers with an image of US President Barack Obama and the words "change" and "yes we can" along a street in Beijing Fridge magnets are seen at a shop in Beijing, including one of Chinese president Hu Jintao and some with the "Oba Mao" design by Liu Mingjie, in which he superimposed the face of Barack Obama over that of Chairman Mao The owner of a shop in Beijing shows a card sold at his... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388010/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386548/posts http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/251890 South Park Studios http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386548/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376507/posts Where have all those Obamenthusiasts who were so visible in 2008 been hiding this year? In this New Republic article Lydia DePillis seems to think that the problem is that Organizing For America has been run as a top-down organization, rather than as a bottom-up movement, giving the folks out there no sense of ownership. She asks, “Can a grassroots organization run in the top-down style of a political machine really accomplish much—let alone change the terms of debate on any given issue?” I think there’s something more going on here. Many Obamenthusiasts were thrilled by the idea of putting... The Washington Examinier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376507/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:48:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2355342/posts 14-hour trip to Copenhagen on Air Force One: $1.4 million President Barack Hussein Obama getting knocked down a few pegs by the IOC: Priceless People might be miffed by the cost on the Obamas’ failed Olympic bid? The way I see it, it’s the best money the U.S. taxpayer’s spent in the past nine months! Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2355342/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:29:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308374/posts The coffee was still brewing when Chris Ann Cleland got her first reminder of the day that voting for Barack Obama might have been a mistake. The Prince William County real estate agent was sitting at a long wooden table covered with paperwork. Her clients, a young couple who had brought their 2-week-old baby, were finalizing a short sale on a townhouse that they were anxious to unload, even if it meant ruining their credit, because they had maxed out their credit cards trying to make the payments. For Cleland, it was another example -- one of many this day... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308374/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:16:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290841/posts Barack Obama has fallen back to Earth. When he ran for president, Obama said his election would be "the moment the rise of the oceans began to slow." And when he made his first big foreign trip in April, he was hailed by adoring crowds -- and almost-as-adoring politicians -- in Britain, Germany, France and the Czech Republic. But last week, in Russia and Italy, Obamania was little more than a pleasant memory. Yes, his international polling numbers are still high, but the president encountered hardly any adulation in the streets of Moscow or anywhere else. Instead, Russian strongman Vladimir... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290841/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291053/posts The End of Obamania On his overseas trip, the president was met with a lot less cheering and a lot more tough talk. Doyle McManus July 12, 2009 Barack Obama has fallen back to Earth. When he ran for president, Obama said his election would be "the moment the rise of the oceans began to slow." And when he made his first big foreign trip in April, he was hailed by adoring crowds -- and almost-as-adoring politicians -- in Britain, Germany, France and the Czech Republic. But last week, in Russia and Italy, Obamania was little more than a pleasant... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291053/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:44:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277851/posts The Obama administration plans to kill a controversial Bush administration spy satellite program at the Department of Homeland Security, according to officials familiar with the decision. The program came under fire from its inception two years ago. Democratic lawmakers said it would lead to domestic spying. The program would have provided federal, state and local officials with extensive access to spy-satellite imagery — but no eavesdropping capabilities— to assist with emergency response and other domestic-security needs, such as identifying where ports or border areas are vulnerable to terrorism. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277851/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:55:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276352/posts Demonstrating what the media is calling “skills beyond those of any previous American president,” President Barack Obama swatted a fly during a recent press conference. Lest anyone present miss the significance of the deed, Obama himself pronounced it “impressive.” On the Today Show (NBC), substitute-host David Gregory praised the President’s “super-human concentration and precision,” and added, “there’s no way that a President McCain could’ve done this. America’s voters obviously chose wisely last November.” On The Early Show (CBS), Chris Wragge mused that Obama “must have had some ninja training.” Wragge speculated that the President’s reluctance to reveal this background to... Semi-News/Semi-Satire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276352/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:18:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2242281/posts Here is the second installment of the “Weekly Roar” by reader LoudLion. (With some two shekels from me. Hey, it’s my blog—my prerogative!) One hundred days; that is where we all stand in the toppling of the United States government as we know it. The days of Representative Democracy are quickly coming to an end. The man on the street enamored with himself for proving he is not racist for voting a black man in as president will help set the course of race relations in the country back to the days of pre-Martin Luther King, Jr. When the citizens... Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2242281/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 20:18:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2203980/posts Latreasa Goodman of Fort Pierce, Florida called the 911 emergency number when a local McDonalds restaurant was unable to fill her order for McNuggets because they had run out. “Them refusing to give me my ‘nuggets’ isn’t the change I voted for last November,” Goodman complained. “It’s racist. Obama’s the president now. I have rights that ‘whitey’ can’t deny me. The police are supposed to enforce my rights.” Goodman ended up disappointed when police responding to her call not only didn’t force the restaurant to give her the McNuggets, but, instead, cited her for abusing the 911 phone line. A... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2203980/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:13:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2182171/posts ..... Q: What did you think of Obama's prime-time speech and press conference? The choices were: "Thumbs up," "Thumbs up," and "I didn't watch." ..... Associated Press, posted on AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2182171/posts#comment Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:34:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177380/posts I came into work today and could not believe the new Obama phenomenon. A girl has a bottle of "Obama Water" sitting on her desk. I am the only conservative in my office. I quietly walked over and told her when they make the toilet paper. let me know. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177380/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:55:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173658/posts On January 23, Joy Behar, who apparently was once a comedian of some kind and now is in politics--sort of like Al Franken--appeared on the Larry King show on CNN. The Gay Patriot caught it and commented, but didn't have access to the transcript. It's up now, here, and it illustrates pretty well what we're up against in the world of entertainment. (I assume someone out there must think Behar is entertaining.) KING: OK, is this administration going to be hard for the comics to have fun with? BEHAR: Yes. And all I can say is thank you for Joe... PowerLine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173658/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:58:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171885/posts All of you readers have had this odd experience. Just remember a bit. Someone you know, even know well, whom you thought was reasonably conservative, if perhaps at least a centrist, who would have welcomed a McCain “moderate” campaign, rather than a hard-core conservative candidacy, suddenly, without warning in a conversation, perhaps over the phone, confesses that he was voting for Obama!And he was not just voting for Obama, but doing so in almost teen-aged hysterical fashion. I’m not talking of a Colin Powell phenomenon, but someone who had no political interests or career concerns, or need for psychological remissions... pajamasmedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171885/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:11:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170224/posts Celebs letting Obama know he is not alone in his fight for what's right. The video appears on the left margin on the MSN.com web page. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170224/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:51:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2168909/posts The liberals who voted Obama into office really are dumb. They think Obama came to them in a peanut butter cookie and told them to sell it on ebay to keep funding change. Excerpt: "Aaron Cather was baking cookies on Monday January 19th, 2009 (exactly 19 hours before inauguration -- coincidence???) when Obama presented himself to Aaron, and the world, in peanut butter cookie form for the first time! This is the cookie in which Barack Obama came to Aaron, after Aaron subconsciously inspired it to take shape in dough as the likeness of the President himself, so that we... eBay http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2168909/posts#comment Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168516/posts MELANIE PHILLIPS: Sorry to be a party pooper, but I can't share this swooning Obama hysteria Has everyone lost their marbles? The inauguration of President Obama is being treated like the Second Coming. The coverage is so gushing we might all drown. Of course it’s a great thing that America, with its history of slavery and segregation still a shockingly recent memory, now has a black President; the palpable joy of African-Americans is entirely understandable and deeply touching. And there’s no doubt that Obama is a highly charismatic and attractive personality. But what’s more than a wee bit troubling is... Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168516/posts#comment Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:41:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167112/posts Presidential autographs may go for $6K By: Carol E. Lee January 18, 2009 06:15 PM EST When Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office with his presidential brethren recently, he had already agreed to take part in one of this exclusive fraternity’s secret traditions: autographing a limited number of copies of the photograph that captured the moment. The former, current and future presidents’ pact — to create only 250 copies of the photograph with all of their signatures — upped the ante on an image that was a keepsake before it was even taken. Early estimates value the signed pictures... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167112/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:23:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2165265/posts Obama-Man, Obama-Man, does whatever a spider can. Marvel Comics says it plans to print a second and third round of its latest "Spider-Man" comic book after the issue, which features President-elect Barack Obama, sold out in record numbers Wednesday -- just hours after hitting stands. The company expects it to be the industry's best-selling comic in over a decade. foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2165265/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:47:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2156257/posts Timmy Woods, whose women’s handbags have been featured in the “Sex and the City” TV series and movie is now marketing an “Obama bag.” The O-shaped bag resembles the Obama campaign logo and is studded with red, white and blue crystals on a beaded strap. The handbag will be available for $5,000 starting January 20th. Woods touted the bag as “an aid to Obama’s economic stimulus package.” “A woman who buys this stylish handbag will be pumping spending into the nation’s economy in a totally environmentally friendly way,” Woods advertised. “Once she has it she will want to show it... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2156257/posts#comment Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2153846/posts The seemingly miraculous rise of Barack Obama to the US presidency has inspired a widespread religious-like devotion. A recent Reuters survey gleaned some revealing insights into the thinking of many Americans. “Look, he was born in a stable,” claimed Ivy Green, a respondent from Fresno, California. “And Kenya’s not that far from Bethlehem. Who else do we know of that started so low yet rose so high?” “Jesus came to Jerusalem riding an ass,” observed Mark Gulliver, a respondent from Ames, Iowa. “Well, the ass is the symbol of the Democratic Party. Since Barack rode the Democratic Party to Washington,... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2153846/posts#comment Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:16:14 GMT